Gems in Verse Weighing the Baby
A reflective poem by Ethe Lynn Beers on a newborn soul and a mother’s care. It compares the baby’s weight to the unmeasurable value of life, love, and eternal worth, noting no scale can gauge a child’s soul or joy.
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Newspaper
Eureka Sentinel
Location
Eureka, Nevada, United States of America
Date
Feb 03, 1917
Page
4
A reflective poem by Ethe Lynn Beers on a newborn soul and a mother’s care. It compares the baby’s weight to the unmeasurable value of life, love, and eternal worth, noting no scale can gauge a child’s soul or joy.
A nocturnal meditation notes how the night sky and nature share in a生命 of being. The passage evokes stillness from stars to coast and asserts every breath and leaf holds significance in a universal life.
A collection of verse excerpts includes lines about the Lake of the Dismal Swamp with a mournful tale of a lover and a canoe, images of rain and mist by Thomas Batley Aldrich, and a meditation on true giving by J. R Lowell. The text preserves old poetic voices and moral reflections without modern context.
The excerpt recalls a boy in Niagara Falls who helped on the first wire for a suspension bridge by flying a kite. It also notes Spain’s etiquette bound royal court and Madrid palace gate rituals with a ceremonial key. Ralph Bingham shares a Chautauqua anecdote about a country boy enjoying a steam merry go round.
D G Kellar warns co owner Tom Philipson that 1916 labor and development costs totaling 100.00 dollars must be contributed within ninety days after the last publication or the co owners interest will be forfeited to Kellar under Section 2824 RSUS. First publication January 13 1917. Last publication April 21 1917.
Notice announces that all grazing permit applications to graze horses and cattle on National Forest land in the Austin Nevada area must be filed at the supervisor's office in Austin, Nevada, by May 15, 1917. Blank forms will be furnished on request and late filings may incur penalties.
Notice that taxes on mine proceeds in Eureka County for the quarter ending December 31 1916 are due and payable. The assessor W J Hooper warns the law will be strictly enforced in Eureka Nevada.
Private bids invited for neck, fixtures and saloon business of the late August Hintze in Eureka. Dated September 29 1916. M Sohfeline Administrator.
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